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Makes some brackets out of wood that can be screwed to the studs to support the shelf. You can get as fancy with the bracket design as you want. Or, you can buy metal brackets and go the utilitarian route.

Use brackets that will allow you to adjust the space of the shelves later on. Over time you will do this. Secondly make them STRONG enough to hold what you are thinking of putting on them, go thicker rather than thin , trying to save money. I prefer free standing units, cost more to make, can be moved to another wall or area without rebuilding them, and they don’t compromise the wall you are attaching them to. most times just a bracket at top to keep them from tipping forward. Good luck in whatever you choose.

I saw this system / idea awhile back and given the fact that cut-offs and scrap extras are abundant over time I thought this was a wonderful concept. Depends upon what tools you have available to you I suppose, and of course budget and man hour considerations (effort).

hope it’s ok to post link’s offsite. You might want to web search french cleat for pics and suggestions for other links but here is one.